Wendell Berry died this past week. He was 92. Of the many descriptions- poet, novelist, farmer, Christian, and environmentalist- placed on Wendell Berry, the one I like best is The Agrarian Poet. I will be the first to admit that I’m no literary expert on the life and works of Wendell Berry. In fact, my… Continue reading A Words Look: THE PEACE OF WILD THINGS by Wendell Berry
Category: Creating
An Anchor in the Wind
In the face of brutal, early March in Kansas, 50 MPH+ wind gusts, I saw a starling land on a branch at the very top of an old oak tree. The north wind tossed the limbs and the entire top of the tree, violently side to side. The bird, a starling, deftly landed on the… Continue reading An Anchor in the Wind
Book Series Challenge: Peter Pan
In February of 2024, while scrolling through illustrators’ posts on Instagram, I ran across an announcement by Monty Lee for an upcoming illustration challenge called the Book Series Challenge. The challenge was to use any media of choice, excluding generative AI, and create illustrations for seven prompts taken from classic book excerpts. After completing my… Continue reading Book Series Challenge: Peter Pan
Book Series Challenge: The Wind in the Willows
In February of 2024, while scrolling through illustrators’ posts on Instagram, I ran across an announcement by Monty Lee for an upcoming illustration challenge called the Book Series Challenge. The challenge was to use any media of choice, excluding generative AI, and create illustrations for seven prompts taken from classic book excerpts. After completing my… Continue reading Book Series Challenge: The Wind in the Willows
Book Series Challenge: Pinocchio
In February of 2024, while scrolling through illustrators’ posts on Instagram, I ran across an announcement by Monty Lee for an upcoming illustration challenge called the Book Series Challenge. The challenge was to use any media of choice, excluding generative AI, and create illustrations for seven prompts taken from classic book excerpts. The Book Series… Continue reading Book Series Challenge: Pinocchio
A Word’s Look: Workingman’s Blues #2 by Bob Dylan
Of the entire canon of Bob Dylan’s work, I think Workingman’s Blues #2 runs a close second to Like a Rolling Stone. The song came out in 2006 on Dylan’s Modern Times album. I cannot remember where I first heard or became aware of it. It was probably on one of the last area real-life… Continue reading A Word’s Look: Workingman’s Blues #2 by Bob Dylan
The Family Curse
I think I’ve inherited the Family Curse. The Family Curse has to do with sports fandom. In particular, our beloved Kansas City Royals. My maternal grandmother, Grandma Bosley, first exhibited the curse back in the 1970s. For the record, Grandma Bosley was a character and full of life. Those of us fortunate enough to spend… Continue reading The Family Curse
Your Choice
I snapped these photos of the neighborhood trees and one of our oak trees yesterday. It was a cool, overcast, and drizzly morning but the colors of the leaves popped. The same view this morning, with the bright November sunshine radiating the colors is also beautiful, but, in my opinion, not as striking. Something hit… Continue reading Your Choice
A Word’s Look: Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
As with many of Pink Floyd’s great songs, Wish You Were Here stands on its own. All the gushing and blubbering I can do about it merely fades in comparison to the work itself. It’s a beautiful piece of art. The song tugs at the heartstrings. It brings a sense of longing to the soul… Continue reading A Word’s Look: Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
Creative Braining
BRAINS! BRAINS! BRAINS! As much as I’d love it to be a post about zombies; this is not a post about zombies. It’s about creating. Although it’s not about creating brain-eating reanimated beings shambling endlessly in search of the living, I hope to shed some light on how we creators shamble endlessly in search of… Continue reading Creative Braining